EP0216876B1 - Kühlung von hohlfaser-kreuzstrom-separatoren - Google Patents

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EP0216876B1
EP0216876B1 EP86902277A EP86902277A EP0216876B1 EP 0216876 B1 EP0216876 B1 EP 0216876B1 EP 86902277 A EP86902277 A EP 86902277A EP 86902277 A EP86902277 A EP 86902277A EP 0216876 B1 EP0216876 B1 EP 0216876B1
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    • B01D61/00—Processes of separation using semi-permeable membranes, e.g. dialysis, osmosis or ultrafiltration; Apparatus, accessories or auxiliary operations specially adapted therefor
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    • B01D63/00—Apparatus in general for separation processes using semi-permeable membranes
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    • B01D63/031—Two or more types of hollow fibres within one bundle or within one potting or tube-sheet
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    • B01D65/02—Membrane cleaning or sterilisation ; Membrane regeneration
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    • B01D2321/00—Details relating to membrane cleaning, regeneration, sterilization or to the prevention of fouling
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  • This invention relates to the cooling of porous hollow fibres within a cross-flow separator.
  • the invention will be described in relation to the use of hollow fibres in the recovery of fine solids from suspensions.
  • the invention is not limited to solids concentrators as it may be readily applied to cross-flow filters and other devices utilising porous hollow fibres.
  • Transmembrane gas reverse flow is impossible in very finely pored filters such as reverse osmosis membranes and ultrafilters because the pressures needed to overcome surface tension are far beyond the strengths of normal hollow fibre membranes used for these purposes; wetting liquids may pass but not gases. Any gas bubbles passing through such a membrane indicate the presence of pin hole defects in the membrane. Hence, this invention has no application to reverse osmosis or to true ultrafilters.
  • This invention is concerned with microfilters which contain larger pores than those of ultrafilters and which range from 0.1 to 10 microns. Usually, the larger of the pores are so distributed that clarified liquids are free of all visible turbidity. Turbidity of the clarified liquid involves more than pore and particle size, obeying and arising from well known optical laws.
  • Cooling hot fibres by blowing air on them or by evaporating water from them involves the same thermal principles as shaking a towel soaked in water to cool it; these thermal principles are well known.
  • the present invention is particularly concerned with the provision of methods and means for the rapid cooling of porous hollow fibre bundles in cross-flow separators handling hot suspensions in order to permit reverse flow liquid and gas cleaning of the fibres.
  • the rapid cooling of the fibres may be integrated with other operating cycles of the separator, and the methods of the invention may be applied to suspensions containing substantial amounts of volatile substances.
  • reverse flow is commenced with clarified liquid at pressures carefully adjusted to stretch the elastic pores (without bursting the hot fibres) so as to release foulants from within substantially all of the pores of the fibres followed by gas at a pressure which exceeds the capillary pressure of surface tension in some of the larger pores to expand at the surface of the fibres and to wash away concentrate cake from the fibre surfaces and from within the shell of the concentrator.
  • the pressures needed to effect the reverse flow are set by the fibre elasticity in the case of liquid reverse flow and by the pore sizes and the surface tension for the gas reverse flow. For use in the microfilter range of porous polymeric fibres, these pressures are much higher than the filtering or concentrating pressures. Thus, rapid repetitive cooling of hot fibres before reverse flow is needed for highly productive equipment.
  • a method of treating a liquid suspension in which the liquid suspension is applied to elastic, microporous, hollow fibres within a shell or housing and in which solids retained on or in the fibres or otherwise within the shell are discharged by a pressurized reverse flow of clarified liquid followed by a pressurised reverse flow of gas characterized in that the hollow fibres are cooled prior to the initiation of the pressurised reverse flow.
  • the application of the pressurized gas is conducted so as to backwash the full length of the fibres by displacing any lumen liquid with gas at a pressure below the bubble point of the walls.
  • the shell is then sealed with the relatively incompressible feed liquid so that gas cannot flow through the fibre walls as the pressure of the trapped gas is raised beyond the bubble point.
  • the seal is then released to allow the trapped gas to escape substantially uniformly through the fibre walls even at the most distant point from the lumen inlet thus minimizing subsequent preferential washing of pores near the gas inlet.
  • the fibres may be cooled by passing gas down the lumens of the fibres or by introducing gas into the shell of the concentrator so that the gas is applied to the exterior surface of the fibres.
  • the hollow fibre cross-flow concentrator 10 shown in Figs. 1 and 2 includes a cartridge shell 11 within which is positioned a bundle of hollow, porous, polymeric fibres 12.
  • each fibre is made of polypropylene, has an average pore size of 0.2 micron, a wall thickness of 200 micron and a lumen diameter of 200 micron.
  • Polyurethane potting compound 13, 14 holds the ends of the fibres 12 in place without blocking their lumens and closes off each end of the shell 11.
  • the liquid feed suspension to be concentrated is pumped into the shell 11 through feed suspension inlet 15 and passes over the external walls of the hollow fibres 12. Some of the feed suspension passes through the walls of the fibres 12 into the lumens of the fibres to be drawn off through the lumen outlet port 16 as clarified liquid.
  • outlet 16 is closed so that the flow of clarified liquid is stopped.
  • Pressurised clarified liquid is then introduced into the lumens through lumen inlet port 18 to stretch substantially all of the pores and to wash them with at least the total pore volume of clarified liquid.
  • compressed gas is introduced through lumen inlet port 18, along the lumens of the fibres 12 and through the walls of the fibres into the feed suspension/concentrated stream causing violent bubbling which purges the shell of any retained species which may have built up on the outer walls or may have been washed from within the pores of the fibres by the clarified liquid purge.
  • the compressed gas is introduced through inlet 18 and along the lumens of the fibres 12 after opening the lumen outlet port 16 for a limited period so that no gas penetrates the pores of the fibres at this stage.
  • the liquid-filled shell is then sealed by closing shell inlet 15 and shell outlet 17. Gas still cannot penetrate the porous walls even though the gas pressure is now raised well above the normal bubble point of the fibre walls because the liquid within the shell is relatively incompressible. A reservoir of high pressure gas is thus accumulated in the fibre lumens.
  • the shell outlet 17 is then opened which allows gas to penetrate the pores along the whole length of each fibre. Initially, the surge of bubbling gas is substantially uniform, but ultimately is slower at the end remote from lumen inlet port 18 due to the viscous pressure drop along the thin fibres. In extreme cases, it is desirable to admit gas through both lumen ports 16 and 18 after carrying out the above described pressurised, trapped gas operation.
  • the resumption of feed suspension flow after gaseous reverse flow cleaning be delayed for sufficient time to enable the pores that have been stretched by the gas to recover to their original size so that oversized particles from the feed suspension will not be able to pass into or through the enlarged pores.
  • Fig. 3 shows the effect of the solid discharges described in relation to Fig. 2 upon the rate of production of clarified liquid.
  • Curve A shows the decay of clarified liquid flux against time without discharge of solids
  • Curve C shows the recovery of clarified liquid flux after each combined liquid and gasesous reverse flow discharge cycle.
  • Curve D represents the collapsing pressure of a polypropylene fibre in which the pressure is applied to the exterior of the fibre. The pressure at which the fibre collapses falls at higher temperatures.
  • Curve E in Fig. 4 shows the pressure at which a polypropylene fibre will burst when the pressure is applied to the lumen. This bursting pressure also falls at higher temperatures. If the suspension is treated at an elevated temperature T(1) at which the fibre has adequate crush strength but inadequate burst strength to withstand the much higher reverse flow pressures, it is advantageous to have rapid cooling means. Then the fibres are cooled to an optimum safe temperature T(2), at which the bursting pressure is substantially increased from P(1) to P(2) before applying the full reverse flow pressure. However, the temperature drop must be controlled so that pore-stretching is possible.
  • the application of the cooling method of the invention when applied to a cross-flow hollow fibre concentrator can be implemented using the system shown in Fig. 5 which operates in a number of modes.
  • the pump 38 draws feed suspension from the feed suspension tank 27 through pump suction line 39 thence through inlet pressure valve 37 and delivers it through feed suspension inlet line 29 (having a feed suspension stop solenoid valve 41) to the cross-flow concentrator 20.
  • Feed suspension passes over the surface of the hollow fibres inside the cross-flow concentrator 20 and some of the fluid passes through the fibres into the lumens to be delivered to the clarified liquid outlet line 21.
  • the clarified liquid in line 21 passes through clarified liquid hold-up cylinder 47 which is operated by solenoid 47a, clarified liquid control valve 22 controlled by solenoid 22a and flow sensor 32 to a clarified liquid collection point. Flow of clarified liquid to line 23 is prevented by check valve 51.
  • Concentrated feed suspension from the cross-flow concentrator 20 passes through the check valve 35 and the solenoid-operated shell sealing valve 55 (when fitted) into line 28 from which it is delivered to the three way concentrate divert valve 30 controlled by solenoid 30a.
  • the valve 30 has outlet paths (a) and (b) which lead to the feed suspension tank 27 and to a concentrate collection point respectively. In the concentration mode, the valve 30 is in position (a) so that the concentrated feed suspension passes through back pressure valve 33 into the tank 27.
  • a bypass valve 34 in bypass line 40 is set to control, together with the inlet pressure valve 37, the flow rate through the cross-flow concentrator 20.
  • the feed suspension tank 27 has a feed suspension inlet 53, a washing inlet 52, heater 54 and vent 48.
  • the suspension inlet pressure, the concentrated suspension outlet pressure and the clarified liquid pressure are controlled or set by the said valves 37, 33 and 22 respectively.
  • valve 55 is opened and valve 30 is set to path (a).
  • the pressure in the concentrator shell 20 is set to remove gas in the filter pores within a predetermined time to allow elastic recovery of the expanded pores upon resumption of the concentration mode after expansion caused by backwash by clarified liquid followed by gas.
  • the liquor issuing from valve 22 is monitored by flow sensor 32 and the parameter sensors are used as the input to the programmable controller 31.
  • the controller 31 compares actual flow rate of the clarified liquid with preset values of flow rate and time to initiate a discharge cycle.
  • the first criterion is the clarified liquid discharge flow rate and once it decreases to a predetermined and set rate, the controller 31 initiates a discharge cycle.
  • the second criterion is time where the controller initiates a discharge cycle at fixed time intervals. The second criterion is more appropriate for feed suspensions where the liquor flow rate does not decline very rapidly.
  • Substantially dry gas is introduced to the system during the discharge mode through line 23 which includes a gas pressure control valve 24, a gas flow valve 25 and a gas stop valve 26 controlled by solenoid 26a.
  • the gas In order to allow evaporation (and hence cooling), the gas must be under saturated with respect to the liquid vapour at the operating temperature.
  • a lumenal cooling discharge line 60 connected between the lumenal air outlet 61 and the clarified liquid permeate outlet line 62 contains a lumenal cooling stop valve 43 which is controlled by a solenoid 43a and a lumenal cooling check valve 46.
  • a shell cooling line 63 connected between the feed inlet line 29 and the shell cooling divert valve 42 in line 23 has a shell cooling check valve 45.
  • the shell cooling divert valve 42 is controlled by solenoid 42a and has inlet paths (a) and (b) the functions of which will be described below.
  • the programmable controller 31 sets the system to discharge mode by actuating solenoids 22a, 26a, 43a and 30a which in turn close valve 22, open valve 26, close valve 43 and change the outlet path of the three way concentrate divert valve 30 to path (b) so that the subsequent variable volume clarified liquid hold up and the gaseous discharge medium as well as the material dislodged from the fibres can be discharged from the system.
  • the programmable controller initiates a lumenal flow through of gas for rapid evaporative cooling of the hollow fibres prior to reverse flow cleaning by actuating solenoids 22a, 43a, 41 a and 26a so that valve 22 is closed, valve 43 is open, valve 41 is closed and valve 26 is open for a predetermined time, termed the lumenal cool time.
  • the lumenal cooling gas flows through line 21 without disturbing the clarified liquid in the hold-up cylinder 47 and is discharged into the clarified liquid line through valve 43.
  • the lumenal cool time is sufficient to reduce the temperature of the fibres to within safe limits.
  • the concentrate discharge is then initiated by the programmable controller 31 which actuates solenoids 43a and 30a to close valve 43 and to change valve 30 to position (b) and then actuates the electronically controlled clarified liquid hold up cylinder 47 which empties the contents of that device under pressure from gas from valve 26 into the lumens and across the membranes in the reverse direction to normal operation so as to expand all the pores and to displace all the liquid in the pores.
  • programmable controller 31 continues gas discharge through the larger pores to wash concentrate off fibres and shell, opening valve 26 for the discharge cycle time.
  • programmable controller 31 At the end of the discharge cycle time, programmable controller 31 returns the system to the concentration mode as described above, except that valve 22 is kept closed until the hold-up cylinder 47 is filled with clarified liquid.
  • the programmable controller initiates a shell-side cooling cycle by actuating valve 41 (closed), 26 (open), and 42 (to position a)) for a preset time, termed the shell-side cool time, which is sufficient to reduce the temperature of the fibres to an optimal safe level.
  • the programmable controller initiates a reverse flow cleaning cycle by actuating valves 22 (closed), 42 (to position b) for the reverse flow cycle time.
  • the programmable controller returns to the system to the concentration mode as described above.
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  • the temperature of the feedstock was then raised to 65°C and the average permeation rate rose to 60 Usq. m./hour, showing the doubling of productivity.
  • the temperature of the feedstock was then raised to 98°C and the permeation rate rose at once to 80 Usq. m./hour but no reverse flow was attempted at 98°C since experiments showed undue fibre softening at 80°C. It was decided to hold 60°C to 65°C as the reverse flow optimal temperature range.
  • the shell cooling mode was cooled by passing air at 24 litre/minute and the fibre temperature fell from 98°C to 60°C in 6 seconds, due to the high latent heat of vaporisation of water.
  • the reverse direction flow cleaning cycle then proceeded satisfactorily.
  • Example 1 was repeated but this time the wet fibre bundle of 3000 fibres at 98°C was cooled by air passing along the lumens at 25 litre/minute displacing the permeate therein, after the shell was emptied of hot suspension. The temperature of the fibres fell to 65°C in 9 seconds.
  • the invention provides for precisely controlled cooling which is rapid and uniform.
  • the cooling is preferably evaporative, but, it is identical in equipment needs if the feed suspension does not contain volatile substances.
  • the cooling of the fibres is controlled to fit the elastic properties of the fibres so as to give optimal cleaning and rate of production to the concentrator.
  • the cooling method of the invention can be largely performed and controlled by using existing equipment on a hot cross-flow hollow fibre separator.
  • the apparatus of Fig. 5 was used to filtre a city water supply through a 1 square metre 0.2 micron cartridge with an average transmembrane pressure of 100 kPa.
  • the flux was maintained at each temperature studies by periodic air backwashing and the average flux rate recorded.
  • the flux more than doubled as the temperature was raised from 10 degrees Celsius to 50 degrees Celsius, as expected from the drop in viscosity. The value of being able to operate at the highest possible temperature is evident.
  • Fig. 5 The apparatus of Fig. 5 was used to filter a 2.5 gram/litre bentonite suspension at the somewhat elevated temperature of 42 degrees Celsius at a transmembrane pressure of 150 kPa and the results graphed in Fig. 7.
  • the combined action of higher temperature (high considering the low heat distortion temperature of the fibre used) and the apparatus and operating procedures of the invention allow continued high output with total clarity of output even with the notoriously difficult bentonite feed suspension.

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1. Verfahren zum Behandeln einer flüssigen Suspension, in welchem die flüssige Suspension auf die äußere Oberfläche von elastischen, mirkoporösen, hohlen Fasern innerhalb eines Mantels oder Gehäuses angewandt wird, wobei die Fasern Poren haben, die im Bereich von 0,1 bis 10 pm liegen, und in welchem Feststoffe, die auf oder in den Fasern oder andernfalls innerhalb des Mantels zurückgehalten werden, durch eine unter Druck stehende umgekehrte Strömung von geklärter Flüssigkeit, gefolgt von einer unter Druck stehenden umgekehrten Strömung von Gas entladen werden, worin die hohlen Fasern vor dem Beginn der unter Druck stehenden umgekehrten Strömung gekühlt werden.
2. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, das für das Konzentrieren der Feststoffe einer flüssigen Suspension geeignet ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß es die folgenden Schritte umfaßt:
(i) Anwenden der flüssigen Suspension auf die äußere Oberfläche von elastischen, mikroporösen, hohlen Fasern innerhalb eines Mantels oder Gehäuses, wodurch:
a) etwas von der flüssigen Suspension durch die Wände der Fasern hindurchgeht, um als geklärte Flüssigkeit aus den Faserhohlräumen abgezogen zu werden,
b) wenigstens etwa von den Feststoffen auf oder in den Fasern oder andernfalls innerhalb des Mantels zurückgehalten wird, wobei die nichtzurückgehaltenen Feststoffe aus dem Mantel mit dem Rest der Flüssigkeit entfernt werden,
(ii) Beenden der Strömung von flüssiger Suspension und dann Kühlen der hohlen Fasern, und
(iii) Entladen der zurückgehaltenen Feststoffe aus dem Mantel mittels Anwenden durch die Faserhohlräume:
a) einer unter Druck stehenden Flüssigkeit, welche durch im wesentlichen alle die Poren hindurchgeht, wodurch im wesentlichen alle Poren gestreckt werden, um irgendwelche zurückgehaltenen Feststoffe auszuwaschen, gefolgt durch
b) ein unter Druck stehendes Gas, welches durch die größeren Poren hindurchgeht, so daß es diese Poren gestreckt werden, um irgendwelche Feststoffe, die in diesen Poren zurückgehalten sind, zu entfernen, und so daß die äußeren Wände der Fasern und das Innere des Mantels gewaschen werden, um alle Feststoffe aus dem Mantel zu einer äußeren Sammelstelle zu entfernen.
3. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1 oder Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Anwenden des unter Druck stehenden Gases die folgenden Schritte umfaßt:
a) anfängliches Anwenden des Gases bei einem Druck unterhalb des Blasenpunkts der Wände der Fasern, so daß irgendwelche Flüssigkeit aus den Faserhohlräumen verdrängt wird,
b) Abdichten des Mantels und der äußeren Oberflächen der Fasern mit einer Flüssigkeit,
c) Erhöhen des Drucks des Gases über den Blasenpunkt der Wände der Fasern, und
d) Ausschalten der Flüssigkeitsdichtung, um es dem eingefangenen Gas zu ermöglichen, im wesentlichen gleichförmig durch die Faserwände zu entkommen.
4. Verfahren nach irgendeinem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Fasern dadurch gekühlt werden, daß man Gas die Hohlräume der Fasern hinunterströmen läßt.
5. Verfahren nach irgendeinem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Fasern dadurch gekühlt werden, daß man Gas auf die äußere Oberfläche der Fasern anwendet.
6. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1 oder Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Schritte des Verfahrens als ein kontinuierlicher Prozeß unter Verwendung von wiederholten Zyklen der Feststoffzurückhaltung, Faserkühlung und Feststoffentladung ausgeführt werden.
7. Konzentrator (10) zum Konzentrieren der feinen Feststoffe einer flüssigen Speisesuspension mittels eines Verfahrens gemäß Anspruch 1 oder Anspruch 2, umfassend:
(i) einen Mantel (11),
(ii) eine Mehrzahl von elastischen, hohlen, mikroporösen Polymerfasern (12) innerhalb des Mantels (11), wobei die Fasern Poren haben, welche im Bereich von 0,1 bis 10 um liegen,
(iii) eine Einrichtung (15, 38, 29, 41) zum Zuführen von unter Druck stehender Speisesuspension zu der Außenseite der Fasern,
(iv) eine Einrichtung (16, 21) zum Abziehen von geklärter Flüssigkeit aus den Faserhohlräumen,
(v) eine Einrichtung (23, 26, 42) zum Kühlen der Fasern, und
(vi) eine Einrichtung (47) zum Anwenden von Flüssigkeit, gefolgt durch Gas unter Druck, auf die Faserhohlräume.
8. Konzentrator nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß er weiter eine Einrichtung (55) zum Abdichten der relativ inkompressiblen Speisesuspension in dem Mantel bei Verdrängung der Flüssigkeit aus den Faserhohlräumen mittels des unter Druck stehenden Gases aufweist, so daß das Gas in den Hohlräumen bei einem Druck oberhalb des Blasenpunkts der Faserwände eingefangen werden kann, und eine Einrichtung (55a) zum Ermöglichen des plötzlichen Entspannens des Gases im wesentlichen gleichförmig durch die Faserwände.
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